Ongoing Resistance to Urban Shield

[kalibex]

Urban Shield brings together police departments, SWAT teams, fire departments and emergency medical services to partake in training exercises and attend the expo featuring global arms manufacturers' newest surveillance and weapons technology, from drones and armored vehicles to DNA-identification machines. Urban Shield appeals to growing fears of climate change emergencies and natural disasters, by selling itself as an "emergency preparedness exercise" for "high-threat, high-density urban areas." However, because Urban Shield is funded by the Department of Homeland Security, all training scenarios, workshop topics and vendor goods at the expo have to have a "nexus to terrorist threats." The weekend of September 11 to 14 effectively functioned as an international counterterrorism conference. Simply put, Urban Shield is selling militarism.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33001-ending-police-militarization-one-city-at-a-time


For those interested, there's a 'Stop Urban Shield' facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/Stop-Urban-Shield-515805795263322/timeline/


So what is this ongoing militarization? A gradual way to get around the Posse Comitatus Act by transforming police forces into military in all but name?

 

[goyacobol]

I can only think of an old biblical story:

_https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belshazzar's_feast

Belshazzar's feast, or the story of the writing on the wall (chapter 5 in the Book of Daniel) tells how Belshazzar holds a great feast and drinks from the Temple vessels. A hand appears and writes on the wall. The terrified Belshazzar calls for his wise men, but they are unable to read the writing. The queen advises him to send for Daniel, renowned for his wisdom. Daniel reminds Belshazzar of his father Nebuchadnezzar, who when he became arrogant was thrown down until he learned that God has sovereignty over the kingdom of men. Belshazzar has blasphemed God, and so God sent this hand. Daniel then reads the message and interprets it: God has numbered Belshazzar's days, he has been weighed and found wanting, and his kingdom will be given to the Medes and Persians. "That very night Belshazzar the Chaldean (Babylonian) king was killed, and Darius the Mede received the kingdom."

מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין

Daniel reads the words, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN, and interprets them for the king: MENE, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; TEKEL, you have been weighed and found wanting; and PERES, the kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians. "Then Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel was clothed in purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made ... that he should rank third in the kingdom; [and] that very night Belshazzar the Chaldean (Babylonian) king was killed, and Darius the Mede received the kingdom."

I apologize if it sounds too biblical. Maybe you could think of FaceBook as a wall for pictures.

It is just a story I guess. ;)